By Photos by: Phil Grout Tucked away in a river gorge in an almost forgotten corner of southeast Carroll County, the village of Patapsco is remote enough to remind some folks of a slice of West Virginia. Early 19th Century land...

Written By David Greisman On a warm, humid early summer evening, thousands of honeybees congregated at the entrances of hives set up in multiple spots around the yard in front of Steve McDaniel’s Manchester home. Each hive...

Written By Linda Morton In the southwest corner of Carroll County, where two Watersville Roads intersect about two miles southeast of Mount Airy, a tiny clapboard church is celebrating a big birthday this year. The Davis Meeting...

Written By Vicki Anzmann The notion that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure can be aptly applied to the world of antiques and collectibles. With a visit to the Historical Society of Carroll County’s...

Written By Sheila Herbst Last winter my husband and I took out an old fence behind our house. We suspected that hidden among the honeysuckle, something more sinister was lurking: poison ivy. We were right. Spring brought a neat...

Written By David Greisman Every year, we greet Memorial Day with proverbial open arms – the three-day weekend marks the unofficial beginning of summer, weeks before the solstice brings the true start to the season. We...

Written By Patricia Rouzer Back in the 1930s, songwriter Cole Porter wrote a ballad called “Anything Goes,” in which he decried the increased substitution of four-letter words by authors “who once knew better words.” He could...

Written By Lisa Breslin More than 500 people gathered for the 8th Annual Taste of Carroll at Antrim 1844 on May 21. They dined, drank and dropped plenty of dollars for a worthy cause – Carroll Hospice programs and...

120 Entries Expected For Arts Council Show The Carroll County Arts Council, in partnership with the Carroll County Artists Guild, will host the 5th Annual Members Art Exhibit, starting August 16. More than 120 entries are...

The Experts at Antiques Appraisal Day may Tell You It’s Worth a Fortune. “We like dirt,” said Robert Harrison, the chairman of this year’s Antiques Appraisal Day. Harrison, who is the proprietor of Harrison Appraisals, LLC in...

Written By Patricia Bianca Although it is a common practice for U.S. towns to adopt a sister city in Europe, adopting a European musical band is far more unique. Leave it to Taneytown to kick-start the trend. “Taneytown,” the...

By Photos by: Phil Grout To put it bluntly, Mabel Reese “ain’t dead yet.” That line comes from a favorite poem by Canadian poet Ross Ingram, that the 86-year old Westminster native loves to recite whenever she can gather an...